You are a wonderful creation. You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

LIFE IS A JOURNEYTO FIND THE PEOPLEWEIRD LIKE YOU. —ATTICUS

Progress means advancement in the path of upliftment – in the path of enlightenment – in the path of humanitarian glory.

The stars are pears that no one can reach, even for a wedding. Perhaps for a death.

I ask everyone to join me to create a society free of trafficking. We need to do this for all our daughters.

God owns the truth. The issue is our ability to derive truth apart from God's sufficient Word.

Sexual boredom is ousting sexual deviance as the problem.

Everything I tell you is a lie." -Vergere

Whatever field of human activity one may take, only those trends that are in harmony with the needs of society show rapid progress.

Throughout the Middle East, there is a great yearning for the quiet miracle of a normal life.

Rather than deal with problems in relationships, I've always moved on. That's why I'm one of the very few survivors as a woman, you know.